Vanguard, the controversial anti-cheat software initially attached to Valorant, is now also coming to League of Legends.
Summary:
The article discusses Riot Games’ requirement for players to install their Vanguard anti-cheat software, which runs at the kernel level, in order to play their games such as League of Legends and Valorant. The software aims to combat cheating by scanning for known vulnerabilities and blocking them, as well as monitoring for suspicious activity while the game is being played. However, the use of kernel-level software raises concerns about privacy and security, as it grants the company complete access to users’ devices.
The article highlights that Riot Games is owned by Tencent, a Chinese tech giant that has been involved in censorship and surveillance activities in China. This raises concerns that Vanguard could potentially be used for similar purposes, such as monitoring players’ activity and restricting free speech in-game.
Ultimately, the decision to install Vanguard rests with players, but the article urges caution and encourages players to consider the potential risks and implications before doing so.
No thanks, I’ll stick to dota 2 and cs2. Everyone else should do the same, this kernel level anti cheat doesn’t even work. Well, no anti cheat is perfect, but vanguard isn’t any better than any other anti cheat. All it’s doing is collecting data about your computer and running at an insanely invasive level.
What about dead by daylight’s easy anti cheat?
Data collection is the least of your concern with a kernel level anti cheat
It does though… Vanguard is ambiguous as to how actually secure it is, but it’s damn effective.
It’s not though: https://youtu.be/RwzIq04vd0M?si=hLI9NQRI18clm5WG
That video explains how vanguard is bypassed using multiple methods. It really isn’t any better or worse than something like VAC or EAC.
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Valorant has cheats, they’re just more expensive. With advances in AI, all anti-cheat will be circumvented via hardware soon so it wont even matter